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To: bentway who wrote (503332)	8/10/2009 5:23:16 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1575293

I've BEEN to a lot of small towns with a dead, boarded up downtown and dead town square that had a WalMart. Wonder what they looked like BEFORE the WalMart? The town has continued to grow - nothing has closed beyond a couple of poorly run restaurants in Yelm. I'm pretty sure the Blimpies inside Walmart didn't cause that, besides the Subway just down the road is doing fine as well. I realize Walmart needs a fairly big lot - but the idea of pushing them to the outskirts makes two trips, down town and Walmart, a choice of one over the other - maybe a self fullfilling prophecy to force the choice. I have nothing against Walmart saving people money regardless of income levels and they employee people that would otherwise have a hard time finding any work - lots of none native english speakers, old folks and the handicapped. Almost too many in some cases when I'm in a hurry. :-) Besides they have great ammo prices - when you can find things in stock now days.